Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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Unsaturated ~henone derivatives and their use as
contact adhesives
The present invention relates to unsaturated
phenone derivatives of the general formula I
R1 ~ R5
R2 ~R4
R3
where
R1 is Cl-C4-alkyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,
indanonyl, tetralonyl, phenyl or phenyl in which some or
all of the hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a
C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-thioalkyl group, or
together with R2 or R6 forms an ethylene or propylene
bridge,
R2 to R6 are each hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or
C1-C4-thioalkyl, and R3, R4 and R5 may each additionally be
hydroxyl, R2 or R3 may additionally together with R1 form
an ethylene or propylene bridge and one or more, but not
more than three, of the radicals R2 to R6 are a group of
the general formula II
8 1l
-K-C-NH-Y-X-C~=CH2 II
or III
8 8 III
--C-NH--~--X--C--~C=CH 2
where
K iR C1-C10-alkylene which may contain 1 or 2 oxygen or
sulfur atoms,
Y i~ straight-chain or branched C,-C10-alkylene or is
C1-C10-alkylene which is substituted by carboxyl, a
carboxylate anion, an alkyl C1-C4-carboxylate group or
hydroxyl, X is -NH- or -(N-Alkyl)- of 1 to 4 carbon atoms
and
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Z is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl.
The present invention furthermore relates to a
process for the preparation of monomers, and polymers
which contain the unsaturated phenone derivatives and the
use of the polymers as contact adhesives.
Unsaturated phenone derivatives of the general
structure
¦ structurel I member I I unsaturated group I
are known. Polymers of these monomer~ are particularly
suitable for use for contact adhesive~ since they are
crosslinkable by exposure to W light, ie. have a higher
internal strength after exposure. The adhesion to
substrates is effected by polar groups.
U.S. Patent 3,214,492 de~cribes compounds of the
general formula (VI)
R8-C 1119 VI
~ -C=CH2
where R8 i9 -CH3 or -C8H5 and R9 i~ -H or -CH3.
Similar acryloxy- or methacryloxy-containing
acetophenone or benzophenone derivatives are disclosed in
US-A-3 429 852.
DE-A-28 18 763 relateq to compounds of the
general formula VII
R ~ O--C~R I I--CH 2~C H=CH 2 VI I
where Rl is -CnH2n~l in which n i8 from 1 to 3 or -C8H5,
O Rl2 ~
Rll iS -- ~ -C-O-, -N- or -N(Rl3) 2- ~
Rl2 is -H or -CnH2~+l in which n is from 1 to 8 and
Rl3 is -CnH2n~l in which n is from 1 to 4.
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DE-A-38 20 464 and DE-A-38 20 463 describes
monomers which are obtained by reacting a phenone deriva-
tive, which is substituted by hydroxyl in the phenyl
nucleus, with an unsaturated isocyanate.
DE-A-38 44 445 and DE-A-38 44 444 disclose
monomers which are prepared for reacting a phenone
derivative, which is likewise substituted by hydroxyl in
the phenyl nucleus, with an unsaturated activated
carboxylate.
The unsaturated phenone derivatives should have
very high photochemical reactivity, thermal stability and
stability to hydrolysis. Furthermore, the polymer~ which
contain the unsaturated phenone derivative~ should adhere
readily to substrates. That the unsaturated phenone
derivatives are obtainable by a very simple preparation
process is of particular importance with regard to their
availability. Good copolymerization behavior is
essential with regard to the use of the unsaturated
phenone derivatives in copolymers.
It is an ob~ect of the present invention to
provide unsaturated phenone derivatives which a~ far as
possible meet all of the abovementioned requirements.
We have found that this ob~ect i9 achieved by
unsaturated phenone derivatives as claimed in claim 1.
Particularly cuitable unsaturated phenone deriva-
tives of the formula I are those in which R1 is phenyl or
Cl-C4-alkyl. RZ, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are preferably each
hydrogen, Cl-C4-alkyl or Cl-C4-alkoxy, and one or more, but
not more than three, of the radicals R2-R6 are a group of
the general formula II or III. The unsaturated phenone
preferably contains only one group of the general formula
II or III, in particular it contains this group as
substituent R4. R2, R3, R5 and R6 are particularly prefer-
ably hydrogen.
In the general formula II or III, R is preferably
Cl-C6-alkylene or Cl-C6-alkylene containing 1 or 2 oxygen
atoms. K is particularly preferably C1-C4-alkylene or
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C1-C4-oxyalkylene in which the oxygen atom is bonded
directly to the phenyl ring.
Y is preferably (straight-chain or branched)
Cl-C5-alkylene or Cl-C6-alkylene which is substituted by
carboxyl, a carboxylate anion, an alkyl Cl-C4-carboxylate
group or hydroxyl. Y is particularly preferably Cl-C4-
alkylene which may be substituted by one or two carboxyl
groups or carboxylate anions.
X is preferably -NH-, -(N-CH3)- or -(N-CH2-CH3)-
and Z is preferably hydrogen or methyl.
The novel phenones are obtainable by the novelprocess in a simple manner by reacting a compound having
a nitrile functional group of the general formula IV
O R6'
R 1 ~R S IV
R2'~R4
R 1 ~
with a compound of the general formula V
O
R70--Y--X--C--IC=CH2 V
where R1 has the abovementioned meanings, R7 is hydrogen
or Cl-C4-alkyl and R2 to R8 are each hydrogen,
Cl-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-thioalkyl, and R3, R4
and R5 may additionally be hydroxyl, R2 and R6 together
with Rl may additionally form an ethylene or propylene
bridge and one or more, but not more than three, of the
radicals RZ to R6 are a radical -C-N or -K-C.N, and K, X,
Y and Z have the meanings stated in claim 1.
The reaction takes place in accordance with the
following simple reaction scheme, illustrated, for
example, for the case where R4 is -K-C.N or C-N.
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0 R2'
RIJ~R3' 0
R6'~(K)-C--N R70--Y--X--C-C=CH2
R5' Z
lV V
0 R2'
l H20, R~R3
- R70H R6~(K)--C-NH--Y--X--C--I=CH2
RS Z
The reaction is preferably carried out in a
mixture of sulfuric acid and acetic acid at room tempera-
ture. To prevent premature polymerization, in a prefer-
red embodiment a polymerization inhibitor, eg. nitro-
benzene, quinone, hydroquinone monomethyl ether, 2,6-di-
tert-butyl-p-cresol, phenothiazine or a Cu(II) salt, such
a~ CuS04 or CuC12, i~ added.
Polymerization can al-~o be inhibited by the
pre~ence of atmospheric oxygen.
The compound V is preferably u~ed in excess, for
example in a 5-15% molar excess, based on compound IV.
The reaction time is in general from 1 to 10, in
particular from 2 to 4, hours.
The reaction ~olution i~ preferably worked up by
adding water or ice to the reaction product, filtering
off the reaction product and recrystallizing it from a
polar protic solvent, eg. ethanol.
Conversion of carboxyl groups present in the
compound into salts, for example potassium or sodium
carboxylates, can be effected, for example, by adding the
corresponding alkali metal hydroxides.
The starting compounds are compounds known per
se.
Nitrile~ of the general formula IV can be ob-
tained by known processes, either by nucleophilic sub-
stitution of halogens of corresponding halogenated
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phenone derivatives by the cyanide group or by reacting
~-chloroacetonitrile or ~-chlorobutyronitrile with the
potassium salt of the corresponding hydroxybenzophenone.
The preparation of compounds of the formula V,
for example N-(hydroxymethyl)-methacrylamide, is des-
cribed in H. Feuer and U.E. Lynch, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75
(1953), 5027 or in US-A-3 064 050. N-(Hydroxymethyl)-
methacrylamide is accordingly obtainable by reacting
methacrylamide with paraformaldehyde in anhydrous carbon
tetrachloride.
N-(Hydroxymethyl) acrylamide is obtainable, for
example, by an analogous reaction in anhydrous ethylene
chloride.
Furthermore, unsaturated carboxamido-N-methyl
alkyl ethers are obtainable, for example, according to
E. Muller, K. Dinges and W. Graulich, Makromol. Chem. 57
(1962), 27, by the action of alkanols in the correspond-
ing methylol compound.
The novel, unsaturated phenone derivatives have,
as a rule, completely satisfactory crystallization
behavior and are usually solid at room temperature, so
that they are readily obtainable in high purity by
recry~tallization. They are particularly suitable as
copolymerizable monomers for the preparation of polymers
2S which have high internal strength after expo~ure to
actinic radiation. However, they can also be polymerized
with themselves. Remarkably, they have high photochemi-
cal reactivity, particularly in the short-wavelength to
relatively long-wavelength W range from 250 to 400 nm.
When the novel phenones are used for the prepara-
tion of homo- and copolymers, the usual processes of
vinyl polymerization can be employed. For example, such
polymers can be obtained by free radical mass, suspen-
sion, solution or emulsion polymerization. The polymer-
ization of the unsaturated phenones can, however, also be
effected by ionic catalysts or by stereospecific cata-
lysts of the Ziegler type.
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The polymerization is preferably initiated by
free radicals. The bond between the phenone structure
and the skeleton of the polymers has high thermal stabil-
ity, with the result that the polymers can be satisfac-
torily processed even at elevated temperatures. The
phenones are particularly suitable for free radical
aqueous emulsion polymerization processes.
Particularly suitable comonomers for the novel
phenone derivatives are, for example, styrene, ~-methyl-
styrene, acrylates and methacrylates of alkanols of 1 to
24 carbon atoms, such as methyl acrylate, methyl meth-
acrylate, ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, n-propyl
acrylate, n-propyl methacrylate, n-, tert- and isobutyl
acrylate and methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and
methacrylate, isoamyl acrylate, n-heptyl acrylate,
isooctyl acrylate, isobornyl methacrylate and isobornyl
acrylate, as well as vinyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic
acids of 2 to 18 carbon atoms, eg. vinyl acetate or vinyl
propionate, and acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-vinyl-
pyrrolidone, vinylimidazole, N-vinylformamide, N-vinyl-
caprolactam, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylo-
nitrile, methacrylonitrile, maleic anhydride, itaconic
anhydride, maleic acid and fumaric acid, diesters,
diamides and imides of olefinically unsaturated dicar-
boxylic acids, eg. maleimide, dimethyl maleate, dimethyl
fumarate, di-n-butyl maleate or di-n-butyl fumarate, and
the half esters and semiamides of olefinically un-
saturated dicarboxylic acids, such as mono-n-butyl
maleate and mono-n-butylmaleamide, as well as monomers
such as vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, vinyl
fluoride, ethene, propene, butadiene, diallyl phthalate
and isoprene, and mixtures of the stated monomers.
Monoethylenically unsaturated compounds are preferably
used as comonomers.
The novel phenones are in general sufficiently
soluble in the stated comonomers under the copolymeriza-
tion conditions. Where carboxyl-containing or
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carboxylate-containing phenones are used, partial dis-
solution either in monomers which are likewise very
polar, for example methyl acrylate or acrylic acid, or in
small amounts of very polar solvents is advisable.
Phenones are also particularly suitable for the
preparation of graft copolymers, the phenone being
polymerized in the presence of previously prepared vinyl
polymers, such as polyvinyl halides or polyvinyl esters
or other polymers, such as polyolefins.
Regardless of the polymerization process by which
the polymers containing the phenones as copolymerized
units are prepared, said polymers all exhibit sensitivity
to actinic radiation, in particular in the wavelength
range from 250 to 400 nm, and have high internal strength
after exposure to said radiation. This high internal
strength is evident, for example, from great rigidity, a
high melting point and reduced solubility of the polymer
in a very wide range of solvents and a resulting greater
stability to oils, fats, water and the like. These
properties are desirable for many applications, for
example when the polymers are used in photoreproduction
processes. However, these properties are also advan-
tageous when such polymers are used for coating or
impregnation. The phenone-containing polymer i~ usually
not exposed to actinic radiation until it haQ been shaped
into a film, a coating or another article.
Polymers or copolymerQ of the novel phenones are
particularly suitable for use as contact adhesives since
they are crosslinkable as a result of exposure to high
energy radiation and thus have high internal strength and
good adhesion to substrate surfaces. Furthermore, they
have high peel strength after exposure to radiation. The
weight of the phenone~ in the copolymers when they are
used a~ contact adhesives is in general from 0.01 to 50,
preferably from 0.1 to 10, ~ by weight, based on the
copolymer. For use as contact adhe~ives, the copolymers
are particularly preferably composed of:
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a) from 0.25 to 5% by weight of one or more novel
phenones and
b) from 95 to 99.75~ by weight of one or more copoly-
merizable monoethylenically unsaturated monomers.
of particular interest for contact adhesives are
copolymers whose monomer composition is such that a
polymer composed only of the monomers b) would have a
glass transition temperature of -45 to 0C, particularly
preferably from -30 to -10C. According to Fox (T.G. Fox,
~ull. Am. Phys. Soc. (Ser II) 1 [1956] ~ 123), the follo-
wing is a good approximation for the glass transition
temperature of copolymers:
Xl x2 X'
_ = + +
T8 T-I- T-~~ T'
where X1, X2, ..... , X' are the mass fractions of the
monomers 1, 2, .... , s and T81, T~2, .. T8' are the glass
transition temperatures in degrees Kelvin, of the par-
ticular polymers composed only of one of the monomers 1,
20 2, or s. The glass tranqition temperatures of the
abovementioned monomers b) are essentially known and are
listed in, for example, J. Brandrup and E.H. Immergut,
Polymer Handbook 1st Ed. J. Wiley, New York 1966 and 2nd
Ed. J. Wiley, New York 1975.
The polymerq and copolymers which are suitable as
a contact adhesive preferably have a glass transition
temperature of from -45 to 0C, in particular from -30 to
-10C.
In addition, such polymers which are suitable as
contact adhesives preferably have, before their exposure
in tetrahydrofuran (THF) at 25C, a R value of from 20 to
70~ particularly preferably from 30 to 55 (1% strength by
weight solution in THF).
The K value is a relative viscosity number which
3S is determined according to DIN 53, 726. It characterizes
the mean molecular weight of the polymer. The initial
surface tack of the contact adhesives described can be
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modified by adding not more than 50% by weight of tacki-
fiers, such as coumarone/indene, alkylphenol/formaldehyde
or alkyd resins to the novel polymers. Minor amounts,
preferably not more than 30, in particular not more than
15, % by weight of mineral fillers, plasticizers, poly-
chlorinated hydrocarbons and liquid paraffins may also be
added to the novel polymers suitable as contact ad-
hesives, before they are used.
The novel contact adhesive~ are preferably used
for the production of self-adhesive articles, in par-
ticular for the production of self-adhesive tapes and
films, which very generally consist of a substrate and a
contact adhesive. Depending on the application, the
substrates are selected from a wide range. Suitable
substrates include textile fabrics, papers, plastic films
of polyvinyl chloride, polye~ters, such as polyethylene
glycol terephthalate, cellulose acetate or polypropylene,
metal foils of aluminum, copper or lead, a~ well as foams
of polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and
polychloroprene. The novel contact adhesives are prefer-
ably applied before exposure to high energy light.
Application may be effected from organic solution,
preferably having a solids content of from 50 to 80% by
weight, or from the melt and, where organic solutions of
the novel polymers are used, the solvent is expelled, in
general by means of heat, after coating of the substrate
surface. Application is preferably effected from the
melt at from 80 to 140C, and may be carried out, for
example, by spreading, spraying, roller coating, knife
coating or pouring. 8ecause of the polar spacer chain
which links the phenone structure to the polymer
skeleton, the contact adhesives described above exhibit
particular adhesion to polar substrates.
Exposure to high energy, preferably ultraviolet,
light can be effected directly after application, after
removal of the solvent (application from the solution) or
after pa~sage through a heating zone, thermostated zone
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and/or cooling zone (in particular for application from
the melt). Commercial W lamps, which preferably emit
radiation in a wavelength range of from 250 to 400 nm,
can be used for exposure. For example, medium pressure
mercury lamps having a radiant power of from 80 to 120
N/cm, as described in, for example, Sources and Applica-
tions of Ultraviolet Radiation, R. Philips, Academic
Press, London 1983, are suitable. The exposure time
depends on the thickness of the coating, the W emission
spectrum and the radiant power of the radiation source
used and on the particular phenones I present as copoly-
merized units. However, it can readily be determined in
preliminary experiments. The presence of an inert gas is
not required during exposure.
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE 1
Preparation of novel phenones
For the phenones prepared, the structure and
composition were determined by lH-NMR, l3C-NMR, IR and
mass spectroscopy and elemental analysis.
a) N-(Acrylamidomethyl)-benzophenone-4-carboxamide
A mixture of 132 g of sulfuric acid, 68 g of
acetic acid, 0.10 mol of 4-cyanobenzophenone, 0.11 mol of
N-methylolacrylamide and 100 ppm of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-
cresol were stirred for 4 hours at room temperature. Thereaction mixture was hydrolyzed by adding ground ice, and
the crystalline precipitate formed was filtered off under
suction after about 20 hours. The product was washed
with water and dried in the air. Recryqtallization was
carried out from ethanol.
The compounds b) to g) were prepared in a similar
manner. Table 1 shows the structural formulae and Table
2 the analytical data.
TABLE 1
Acid-catalyzed addition reaction of N-methylolacrylamide
(= Amol) or ~-acrylamidoglycolic acid (= AGA) with
nitriles
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Compound Structural formulae Starting
materials
O o
( a ) ¢~ICI NH--CH 2-NH-C-CH=CH 2 ¢~CN
and Amol
O O
( b ) ~C H 2--1CI-NH--C H 2--NH--C--C H=C H 2 0J~C H 2--C N
and Amo I
O O
( c ) CH 3--C~13~ R ~C~CH 3
Cl NH--CH 2--NH--C--CH=CH 2 NC
and Amol
O O
( d ) ~OCH 2--1CI--NH--CH 2--NH--C--CH=CH 2 ~OCH 2--CN
and Amol
O O
(e) ~]`O~CH2) 3-lcl-NH-cH2-NH--c-cH=cH2 ~O(CH2) 3-CN
and Amol
O O
~OCH 2--CI--NH--CH--NH--C--CH=CH 2 ~OCH 2--CN
and AGA
o O
'9' ~3~ R lco2H 1l ~O(CH2) 3-CN
and AGA
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TABLE 2
Data on preparation and analytical data
Com- Yield Recrystal- ~elting Elemental
pound lization point analysis
from C H 0 N
(a) 85X Ethanol 183-186C Calc. 70.12 5.23 15.57 9.C9
Found70.1 5.2 15.9 8.8
(b) 77.5X Ethanol 193-196C Calc. 70.79 5.63 - 8.~
Found70.5 5.8 - 8.3
(c) 86X Dimethyl- 197-201C Calc.63.40 5.73 19.49 11~8
formamide/ Found 62.9 5.9 19.7 Il.l
water (1:2)
(d) 99% Ethanol 176-178C Calc.67.45 5.36 18.91 8~8
Found67.0 5.519.3 8.1
(e) 93% Ethanol 140C Calc. 68.84 6.05 - 7.6
(polymer- Found68.4 6.2 - 7.5
ization)
(f) 88Z Aceto- 192-194C Calc. 62.82 4.75 25.10 7.33
nitrile Found62.6 4.925.3 7.2
(g) 91X Purifica- 187-191C Calc.64.38 5.40 - 6.83
tion by pre- Found 64.2 5.6 - 6.9
cipitation from
the aqueous Na
salt solution
with HCl
EX~i~PLE 2
Preparation of a copolymer
50 g of a monomer mixture of
500 g of n-butyl acrylate,
290 g of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate,
185 g of methyl acrylate
25 g of acrylic acid and
6.5 g of N-(acrylamidomethyl)-benzophenone-4-carboxamide
in 150 g of toluene were heated to a reaction temperature
of 80C in the presence of 1 g of tert-butyl peroctoate
(polymerization initiator). Thereafter, the remainder of
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the monomer mixture was added at this temperature in the
course of 5 hours and, simultaneously with this, a
solution of 19 g of tert-butyl peroctoate in 100 g of
toluene was added in the course of 3 hours. Polymeriza-
tion was then continued at 120C and the solvent wasfinally separated off by distillation.
A polymer which was free-flowing at room tempera-
ture and had a K value of 44 in THF (25C) was obtained.
EXAMPLE 3
Testing the contact adhesive propertieY of the polymer
from Example 2.
a) Preparation of the test strips
For the preparation of the test strips, the
polymer was applied from the melt in a layer thickness of
25 g/m2 to a polyester film as a substrate.
The polyester film was then passed at a speed of
20 m/min and at a distance of 10 cm below two medium
pressure mercury lamps (80 W/cm) arranged in series
(11 cm apart). Strip~ 2 cm wide and 5 cm long were cut
from the self-adhesive film thus obtained.
b) Testing the shear strength
The test strips were applied over a length of
2.5 cm to a chromium-plated stainle4s steel sheet (V2A)
using a weight of 2.5 kg in such a way that they pro-
~ected on one side and the oppoQite ~ide was not coated.The steel sheet was then stored for 24 hours at 20C and
atmospheric pressure. That end of the steel sheet which
wa~ not adhesively bonded was then fastened between two
clamping ~aws and the opposite pro~ecting self-adhesive
tape, suspended freely, was loaded with a weight of 2 kg
at 25C and with a weight of 1 kg at 50C. The time taken
to break the adhesive film is a measure of the shear
strength. For comparison, the test was repeated with
polyester films which had not been exposed to radiation.
The results are shown in Table 3.
c) Testing the peel strength
To determine the peel strength of the test strips
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on the surface of a substrate, said strips were rolled
onto a chromium-plated stainless steel sheet (V2A) over
a length of 2 ~ 5 cm using a weight of 2 ~ 5 kg. 24 hours
thereafter (storage at 20C and atmospheric pressure),
the force required to peel off the test strips backward
at a peeling angle of 180C and a speed of 300 mm/min in
a tensile test apparatus was determined. The results are
likewise shown in Table 3.
TABLE 3
Shear strength [h] Peel strength
25C 50C[N/cm]
with exposure to
radiation >24 >244 ~ 3
without exposure
to radiation < 1 < 1
